power supply

[f-o-z-z-y]

hey ppl below is my pc which im slowly turning in to a decent gaming pc. im going to get a new GPU nd power supply first iv picked the Gigabyte GF9800GTX+ 1Gb as the card but am unsure of the power supply i got told to get a 750w thermaltake toughpower for $269 AUD but with my GFX card nd install cost thats more then i want to spend unless that really is the best thing.

Intel Core 2 duo E4600 2.4GHz
3GB DDR2 667MHz Memory
320GB Hard Disk
8500GT 512Mb DCI-E
some no-name brand 400w PSU

here are a few other PSU's i can get here :

1:
720W "Gigabyte" Superb Power Supply, Peak Power 720W 120mm Fan, PCI-E(6+2) Conn., 7x SATA Power Connectors, SLI-Ready, 80+Certified, RoHS.

2:
520W "Corsair" (or the hx-450w version for the same price) "Corsair" HX-520 ATX Modular Power Supply, 120mm fan, Dual PCI-E Graphics Card Connector, 4 SATA Connectors, Universal AC input 90~264V

3:
650W "Antec" NeoPower 650 ATX Ver2.2 & EPS12V Power Supply, Modular Cables, 3 x +12V Outputs, 2 x PCI-E Graphics Card Connector, SATA Connectors

these are just a few in my price range $180 to $220 AUD

any comments would be helpfull thnx

fozzy

 

[ceewi1]

i got told to get a 750w thermaltake toughpower for $269 AUD

That's WAY too much for a Toughpower 750W, and if you're only planning on using a single 9800GTX+ there's really no need to get a PSU that large. There are a lot of great 500-550W units that would easily power your system that you could get for half that price. Whereabouts are you looking?

 

[f-o-z-z-y]

im in coffs harbour nd went round all the pc shops up here nd got told thats wot i need. so wot do you think are some good brands they all use altech.com for hardware any PSU's on there you can suggest